Mweya Airport
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Mweya Airport | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Civilian | ||||||||||
| Owner | Queen Elizabeth National Park | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mweya, Uganda | ||||||||||
| Location | Mweya, Uganda | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,200 ft / 980 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 00°11′39″S 029°53′38″E / 0.19417°S 29.89389°E | ||||||||||
 Interactive map of Mweya Airport | |||||||||||
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| Source: Google Maps[1] | |||||||||||
Mweya Airport (ICAO: HUMW) is a small civilian airport in Uganda. It is one of the 46 airports in the country.[2]
Mweya Airport is located in Mweya, Kasese District, in western Uganda, approximately 283 kilometres (176 mi), by air, west of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.[3]
Overview
Mweya Airport serves the area of Mweya and the neighboring areas of Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Lake Katwe Explosion Crater.[4][5] As of January 2010, the airport was not under the administration of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[6] Mweya Airport receives daily flights from Murchison Falls National Park, Entebbe International Airport and Kajjansi Airfield, which are frequently used by tourists to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park.[7]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolink Uganda | Entebbe[8] |
